Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star that's greedily feeding on a stellar ...

Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can explode not once, but twice before fading forever. Using the European Southern ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is a "recurrent nova," a binary system that consists of a white ...

Astronomers have captured the first visual evidence of a white dwarf star undergoing a rare “double detonation” before exploding in a Type Ia supernova. Studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 with ESO’s ...

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is ...

The discovery image that the Kilonova Seekers volunteers first saw of GOTO0650 when it went into outburst. The science, reference, and difference images are shown: the "science" image taken on the ...

Astronomers find an explanation for the fastest stars in the galaxy while uncovering a new mechanism for a supernova explosion. Credit: Technion illustration Astronomers call a special kind of ...

"The discovery of GOTO0650 is really the pinnacle of two years of consistent hard work from our volunteers." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...